Ryde Social Heritage Group research the social history of the citizens of Ryde, Isle of Wight. Documenting their lives, businesses and burial transcriptions.
RYDE SOCIAL HERITAGE GROUP
Based at Ryde Cemetery Heritage & Learning Centre. Preserving, documenting and promoting the social history of Ryde on the Isle of Wight.
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Holy Cross Church Binstead

Miss Elizabeth Senior

Title: Miss
Forenames: Elizabeth
Surnames: Senior
Date of Death: 21/08/1841
Burial Date: 27/08/1841
Age at Death Years: 49
Grave Type: Marked
Map Reference Number: RSHG HC002
Plot Number: Binstead Holy Cross Churchyard D2-118 & D2-111
Grave Description: Curved topped headstone with wavy shoulders and ridged edging surround, raised triangular topped text panel with engraved lettering. Curved topped matching footstone with ridged edging surround, raised triangular topped text panel with engraved initials and year. The footstone has been placed against the inside of the nearby North Churchyard wall.
Grave Condition: Fair
Grave Condition Description: Heavy lichen cover on much weathered stone has caused lettering to be faded and lines of sentiment illegible.
Other Information: Burial date from 1986/87 Museums Community Project.

Inscription:

SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
ELIZABETH ELDEST DAUGHTER
OF THE LATE JAMES SENIOR ESQ
OF BROUGHTON HOUSE BUCKS
WHO DIED AT RYDE AUG 21 1841
AGED 49 YEARS
(10 lines of illegible sentiment)

Footstone
E. S.
1841

Photographs:

Kate MacDonell
E Senior March 2020 (footstone)
Photographer: Kate MacDonell

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